Most exposures to black widow spider venom are accidental, but in a rare medical case, the exposure was intentional.

A 37-year-old woman from California became ill after grinding up a black widow spider and then intentionally injecting ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

The brown widow spider (Latrodectus geometricus) is a lesser-known relative of the infamous black widow. The first brown widow spider was discovered in Los Angeles in early 2000. A member of the ...

Immature and male brown widow spiders don't bite at all. Brown widows are much less aggressive than black widows — they prefer to play dead rather than bite and they don't defend their webs.

The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti) is one of Australia's most iconic arachnids. It's a member of the widow spider family, closely related to the black widow spider. They're famous for their ...

But despite looking similar to the more dangerous black widows, all these spiders are likely to do is ... in kitchens and conservatories. Their webs are a tangle of threads, a characteristic of all ...

There are seven broad types of spider webs, and each is created in a unique way. In this article, we find out about their ...

Similar types of spider webs are created outside by Theridiidae spiders which include Steatoda nobilis, otherwise called the Noble False Widow Spider ... web made by the black lace-weaver which ...